For working professionals

Level up your career — on your own terms.

Whether you're looking for your next role, planning a career switch, or upskilling for a promotion — SkillConnect gives you the same hiring engine that powers India's top placement cells, tuned for mid-career professionals.

100% free for individuals Verified certifications Direct recruiter access
Built for mid-career growth
3 yrs
Average experience of pros on the platform
1.6×
Faster offer-letter turnaround vs. cold applying
₹4.2 L
Median CTC bump on a role switch via SkillConnect
38
Verified CoE Labs you can certify in
What you get

Everything you need to find your next career move.

Curated lateral roles

Roles tagged by years-of-experience and tech stack. No spammy fresher posts to wade through.

Verified CoE certifications

Pass an assessment under proctoring → blockchain-verifiable certificate that recruiters can trust.

Resume scoring with AI

See exactly how your resume stacks against a posting — and what to add / cut to improve match.

Self-paced learning paths

2-4 hour bite-sized modules built around CoE Labs. Earn badges that show up on your public profile.

Private to recruiters

Your current employer never sees your profile in search results unless you opt in.

Salary insights

See market-rate CTC ranges per role + city before you negotiate.

Who this is for

Five career moments. One platform.

We've seen these patterns across thousands of professionals on the platform. Pick the one that matches you — sign-up takes 30 seconds.

01
The career switcher

You're in QA / Support / Ops and want to move into Dev / Data / Cloud. Start with a CoE Lab, earn a certification, then apply.

02
The mid-career upgrader

3–6 yrs experience. You want a tech stack upgrade and a 30% CTC jump in your next switch.

03
The returnship candidate

Returning from a maternity / sabbatical break. We surface returnship-friendly roles + refresh paths.

04
The senior IC

Staff / Principal Engineer hunting for greenfield problems. Skip the JD-spam — we show vetted senior roles only.

05
The future-founder

Want to learn AI / GenAI / FinTech before quitting? Our CoE Labs are run by domain practitioners.

How it works

Four steps. One week.

  1. 1
    Sign up

    Pick "Working Professional" on signup. Tell us your current role, company, and 3 target skills.

  2. 2
    Pick a CoE Lab

    Choose from 10 industry verticals. Each lab = 4–8 weeks of self-paced learning + a capstone.

  3. 3
    Get certified

    Pass a proctored assessment. Earn a verifiable certificate that shows up on your public profile.

  4. 4
    Get matched

    Apply to vetted roles or get pinged by recruiters who searched for your skill set.

“The CoE Lab on AI Engineering plus the proctored cert was the trigger. I had 3 offers in 5 weeks; the median CTC delta was 70%.”
Pranav Kulkarni
SDE-2 · Razorpay · Was: QA Engineer at HCL
“Recruiters reached out within 10 days of my Data CoE badge going public. Salary insights helped me anchor the offer well.”
Sneha Iyer
Data Engineer · Swiggy · Was: BI Analyst at Cognizant
“The returnship cohort + refresh paths got me back into shipping mode. Hiring managers actually read the certificates.”
Anuj Mahajan
Cloud Architect · DBS Bank · Was: Returning after 16-month sabbatical
Start today

Your next role is a lab + a certificate away.